A Maui dog with a failing heart is running again after a pacemaker
Community help got 3-year-old Moka from Maui to Washington State University for a pacemaker. He is back on the beach with a stable heart rate.
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A Maui family credits neighbors with getting 3-year-old Moka to Washington State University for a pacemaker, Hawaii News Now reported. His heart had been failing. He is back on the beach, and his heart rate is stable.
The pacemaker is the device that steadied this dog's heartbeat. It is not a promise that every dog with heart disease will run again. The news is Moka's trip, the community that made it possible, and the stable rate his family is seeing now.
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Moka is a 3-year-old dog on Maui whose heart was failing. Neighbors helped his family get him to Washington State University, where doctors placed a pacemaker. A pacemaker is a small device that helps a heart keep a steady beat. Moka is back on the beach, and his heart rate is stable. That result is about this one dog. It does not mean every dog with a heart problem will have the same outcome. The community's help is what paid for and arranged the trip.
- What does a pacemaker do?
- Why would a dog need to travel from Hawaii to Washington for care?
- Why is one dog's recovery not a promise for every sick dog?
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